A team of international scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in Singapore, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a simple method ...
Jul 27, 2021
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Soon you will be able to perform a bacterial culture at home to test for urinary tract infection (UTI), with clinical-level results.
Dec 15, 2020
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Human bodily fluids and secretions contain molecules known as biomarkers that contain a wealth of information about the body's health and the presence of disease. Among secretions such as tears, sweat and saliva, tears are ...
Nov 23, 2020
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The blood circulatory system serves as critical infrastructure for mass transportation of nutrients and facilitates the exchange of gaseous and waste products from organs in the human body. These blood vessels are subjected ...
Jun 26, 2020
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A new mobile app can help clinicians determine which patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are likely to have severe cases. Created by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry, the app uses artificial intelligence ...
Jun 3, 2020
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A so-called "tooth-on-a-chip" could one day enable more personalized dentistry, giving dentists the ability to identify dental filling materials that work better and last longer based on a patient's own teeth and oral microbiome.
Dec 19, 2019
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)—the accumulation of liver fat in people who drink little or no alcohol—is increasingly common around the world, and in the United States, it affects between 30 and 40 percent ...
Aug 29, 2019
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Extracellular vesicles are arguably the next big thing in cancer diagnostics. They are membrane-bound particles shed by any cell in the body, and involved in intercellular communication. Analyzing these biomarkers seems worthwhile, ...
Aug 14, 2019
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Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a chip made of carbon nanotubes that can capture circulating tumor cells (CTCs) of all sizes and types, and can do so with far greater sensitivity than existing ...
Jul 24, 2019
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Researchers at Utah State University have developed new devices to mechanically stress human cells in the lab.
Oct 24, 2018
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